Sentences with phrase «american cultural norm»

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And it flies in the face of both an American ideal and wider cultural and social norms.

The Hindu statement was just an off the cuff example of a cultural norm that is «moral» in every sense, but that doesn't jive with American values.

Every story in Descent offers a correction to some element of American Christian norms around sex and love: Wentworth's affair with his fantasy / bride / child / demon exposes a cultural fetish for «manly strength,» in spite of a religion that should force all of us to confess our need and weakness.

The American Academy of Family Physicians recommends that breastfeeding continue throughout the first year of life and that «As recommended by the WHO, breastfeeding should ideally continue beyond infancy, but this is not the cultural norm in the United States and requires ongoing support and encouragement.

For the record, the American Academy of Family Physicians has said: «As recommended by the WHO, breastfeeding should ideally continue beyond infancy, but this is not the cultural norm in the United States and requires ongoing support and encouragement.

In 2008 the American Academy of Family Physicians did its part to try to destigmatize nursing toddlers and older children, applauding the WHO guidelines even as it acknowledged that extended breast - feeding «is not the cultural norm in the United States and requires ongoing support and encouragement.»

Scientific American spoke with Schaan about al Qaeda's continued attempts to take down airliners traveling to the U.S., the terrorist organization's focus on exploiting cultural norms to reach their targets and the most successful approaches to stopping terrorist plots.

The nuclear family is not only as American as apple pie but also the cultural norm in most societies across the world.

The American artist Ericka Beckman's films and videos focus on games and sport competitions and their rules and structures, featuring the underlying playing fields as an allegory for the development and maintenance of socio - cultural norms.

With Chanel makeup smeared across the fabric of woolen suits and nude women painted head - to - toe, wandering through Peres Projects's Berlin space, Bolivian - American artist Huanca brilliantly jabs at ideals of female power and beauty, and cultural norms — particularly those of the corporate exec.

The underlying foundation is built on American cultural thought and norms.

He has found that concern about cultural norms helps prevent sexual aggression among Asian American men.

In terms of communal relationships across cultures, these findings highlight an area of potential friction in relationships between American women, who based on cultural norms are likely to perceive themselves to be the top priority of their husband, versus Egyptian men, who based on different cultural norms are likely to perceive their mother's needs to take precedence over those of their wife.

Ms. Bobroff noted that this idea can and should be translated to other schools outside of the Native American community, particularly those focused on SEL, which is deeply tied to cultural norms and expectations.

For example, I grew up in a European immigrant family, where some amount of dancing, flirting, and physical affection happened at celebrations with other people's spouses; these cultural norms of my own family are different than the norms of some American families.

Researchers have speculated that this may due to problems in measurement, which tend to be culturally grounded in European - American behavioral norms, differences in the cultural meaning of discipline, as well as in differences in neighborhoods and peer groups.

The word can also be used to represent cultural practices, norms values or characteristics that are atypical of those that have come to be associated as strictly «American.»